《红字》中女权主义评论

Abstract
This thesis is to be devoted to exploring Hawthorne’s feminist consciousness implied in The Scarlet Letter. Following some feminist critical theories the writer argues that it is his feminist consciousness that promotes Hawthorne to create a rebellious woman in The Scarlet Letter. Influenced by his living background, and the ideological revolution of that time. Hawthorne nurtures his feminist consciousness. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne interweaves such consciousness into the portrayals of a rebellious female character, Hester. First, by disclosing Hester’s marginalized status, Hawthorne shows that misogyny universally exists in a Puritan patriarchy. And he condemns the unfair treatment of women, which stems form male-dominated ideology. In order to restore women’s position of subjectivity, Hawthorne subverts the conception of binary apposition of man and woman in the male-dominated culture by constructing the plot of his story and depicting his female and male characters. The focus of The Scarlet Letter is located in the full representation of the individuality of Hester. As an individual rebel, she transforms the meaning of the letter “A”, and her wondrous revolutionary thought. Through the analysis of the representation of the female character, Hester, Hawthorne’s feminist consciousness can be detected in the Scarlet Letter.

   Key Words: The Scarlet Letter; Hawthorne; feminist consciousness

摘   要

本文探悉了霍桑在《红字》中体现的女权主义意识。根据1些女权主义批评理论，作者认为霍桑的女权主义意识促使他在《红字》中塑造了1个反叛女性。受生活背景和当时的思想革命的影响，霍桑孕育了他的女权主义意识。 在《红字》中，霍桑将这种意识融入了他描绘的反派女主人公----海斯特的内心世界。首先霍桑通过揭露海斯特的社会边缘地位，反映了在清教社会中普遍存在的厌女意识。并且霍桑还谴责那种源于男权意识的对妇女不平等待遇。为了恢复女性的主体地位，霍桑通过他的故事情节和对男女主人公的描写，彻底毁灭了男权文化中的双重对立理念。《红字》的主旨由海斯特全部演绎出来了。作为1个个人主义反叛者，她转换了字母“A”的含义，以及她那奇异的革命思想。通过对女性人物代表者----海斯特的分析，霍桑的女权主义意识在《红字》中显现出来。

关键词: 《红字》;霍桑; 女权(性)主义意识.

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